Man guilty of steal­ing gun

A 34-year-old man, Morena Mo­likoe, re­ceived a sus­pended sen­tence af­ter the Mafeteng Mag­is­trate’s Court found him guilty of steal­ing a firearm.

“The court was told that on 7 June, a 32-year-old man fell asleep while drink­ing in one of the bars in Mafeteng. And while sleep­ing, Morena Mo­likoe stole his firearm and dis­ap­peared,” deputy po­lice spokesper­son ler­ato Mot­seki (pic­tured) said.

“Mo­likoe was later ar­rested by the po­lice and the Mafeteng Mag­is­trate’s Court sen­tenced him to three years in prison and or pay a M3 000 fine, both of which were sus­pended,” she said.